Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

42 reviews

realpteradactyl's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dustghosts's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

citrinuke's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

dashes101's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

My first 5 star review of this year. I was so not expecting this when I picked up Kolker's book. However, I was quickly thrown into a deep dive of the family: the boys battling their disorders as well as the stigma, the parents fighting to keep their family intact, the daughters' own trauma from growing up in the Galvin household. The book was harrowing, riveting, and impossible to put down. A fascinating mix between the research efforts of the time, and the personal story of the family blended perfectly. Not only does this book show the horrific tragedy of schizophrenia separating people from reality, it shows the hope of a family, the difficult choices we make in the face of hardship, and the healing process. There are so many things this book explores, and I can't put them all in a review: this is simply a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

nicolebliss's review

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Alcohol

cghegan's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

onewoman_bookclub's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Dementia, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

kbweis's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Very informative and interesting! Definitely hard to read at times and dry.

CWs: Ableism, blood, child abuse, child death, death, death of parents, drug use, fire/fire injury, gaslighting, grief, gun violence, incest, mental illness (bipolar), murder, physical abuse, pregnancy, rape, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, self-harm, suicide attempt, suicide, terminal illness, violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

dianna_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment